as music saved my soul: writing music

When writing music, I’m often dark — almost goth. I started writing lyrics about real issues (political, social, damnation, etc) around 1986 — after listening to “Master of Puppets” by Metallica (http://www.metallica.com/), “Rest in Peace” by Megadeth (http://www.megadeth.com/) and “South of Heaven” by Slayer (http://www.slayer.net/). That was the break through era for thrash/speed metal. Within the raw power, the lyrics screamed justice, pain and rejection to the world status quo.

I make reference to my music preference and inspiration — if the word applies or matters — because this is basically how I think musically. As a matter of fact, this morning I came up with a great idea for a two-voice/harmony (low and high octaves) song with a Hammond B4 and Leslie cabinet (no less) as the main musical instrument with dual guitars as the secondary sound backed up with jazz-like drums (brushes on the tom-toms, snare and hi-hat). The lyrics I was coming up with were religious — how ironic and primitive.

If anyone cares, I’d gladly share my music and play it, but I’ll hold all rights to my material including but not limited to the publishing. Did I mention that I studied music and its legal aspect? So let’s rock!